By Lucas Mearian and Don Tennant
DECEMBER 11, 2002

Content Type: Q&A
Source: Computerworld

Rick Belluzzo, former president and chief operating officer of Microsoft Corp., took over as CEO of ailing Milpitas, Calif.-based storage vendor Quantum Corp. in September (see story). Belluzzo spoke with Computerworld today about his first three months in a job where "Linux" isn't a dirty word.

What was morale like when you showed up at Quantum, given the concurrent layoff of a third of the company's workforce? (see story) People were kind of tired and a bit stunned. The company's had an unusual background, but it's always been viewed as a place that was good to people. Morale in our industry is quite low. I'm not sure we're any worse off than others -- maybe we're better off. But what was most important was to deal with any confusion, any malaise of energy....


http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/storage/story/0,10801,76649,00.html

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